A users’ perspective on climate model data challenges - full survey responses

Survey assessing users' experience performing research with data generated by Phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5). These users belong to increasingly diverse communities of scientists that, thanks to CMIP, have access to output from coordinated climate simulations allowing them to explore questions regarding climate variability and change in a systematic fashion. We designed the survey with the objective of identifying: 1) issues hindering productivity and research scope and 2) the best infrastructure solutions that could increase users' productivity. The survey was distributed among CMIP users from July 2015 to January 2016. This file includes 261 complete anonymized replies to the survey. Column descriptions are provided in the commented (#) lines at the top of the file. Full details provided in the survey report.本调研旨在评估用户使用耦合模式比较计划第五阶段（Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5, CMIP5）生成的数据开展科研工作的体验。这些用户隶属于日益多元化的科学家社群，得益于耦合模式比较计划（Coupled Model Intercomparison Project, CMIP），他们能够获取协调气候模拟的输出结果，从而以系统性的方式探索气候变率与气候变化相关的科学问题。本次调研的设计目标为明确两类核心问题：1）制约科研效率与研究范围的阻碍因素；2）可有效提升用户科研效率的最优基础设施解决方案。调研于2015年7月至2016年1月期间面向CMIP用户发放。本数据集包含261份完整的匿名调研回复。数据集文件顶部的带#标记的注释行中提供了各列的详细说明，完整细节可参阅调研报告。